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I have a BSD front street hub, the bearings haven't been greased in a year, so I took off the cones and now it's just the axle, it can move left to right, I greased them up (didn't take them out - just the outside) I put the right cone on first and pressed it in, I think I tightened it a bit now the bearings on the left are sticking out a bit? How do I fix it
Bearings aren't sticking out : 
Bearings sticking out : 
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well, how much grease did ya use? grease does have a thickness, its gotta take up some room....
try taking it out and wiping a little of the grease out, and see if it fits better, if its not good after that, it might be time to head up to your lbs
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dkTechEthan wrote:well, how much grease did ya use? grease does have a thickness, its gotta take up some room....
try taking it out and wiping ...more
tiny bit of WD40 on a cotton swab then rubbed it around the outside of the hub, only using WD40 until I can find some 3 in 1 grease
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never heard of 3in1 grease, heard of 3-1 oil....
Finish line grease works hell any kinda grease will really work... best off with a water resistant grease. cheapest thing at a hardware store will even work. course the nicer and more expensive the grease the better, but hey its freakin grease.
if thats the case maybe a cone washer isnt turned the right way or is contacting the hub off slightly, just play around with it, it'll get their eventually.
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dkTechEthan wrote:never heard of 3in1 grease, heard of 3-1 oil....
Finish line grease works hell any kinda grease will really work... best off ...more
I meant 3 in 1 oil, not 3 in 1 grease 
I'll mess around with the hub and see what I can do
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So I just hammered the axle out and got both of the bearings out, now it's just an empt hub shell, where do I go from here?
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dkTechEthan wrote:well, how much grease did ya use? grease does have a thickness, its gotta take up some room....
try taking it out and wiping ...more
Dude don't ever used wd-40 it's a degreaser. It mess up everything unles it's old and you need to get something out.
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dkTechEthan wrote:well, how much grease did ya use? grease does have a thickness, its gotta take up some room....
try taking it out and wiping ...morekaneBMX wrote:tiny bit of WD40 on a cotton swab then rubbed it around the outside of the hub, only using WD40 until I can find some 3 in 1 ...more
Mario.villegas90 wrote:Dude don't ever used wd-40 it's a degreaser. It mess up everything unles it's old and you need to get something out.
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WD-40 is a degreaser and will destroy your bearings
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WD-40 is an OIL and acceptable on a chain, but any bearings need GREASE, and WD-40 will remove it all
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Idiot just take it out and make sure nothing is blocking it then tighten your axle nut all the way
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Fixed it :
Removed all the WD40
Hammered the bearings onto the axle equally : problem solved
